novelraw Chapter 32 : Returning to the Sea of Stars
Chapter 32 : Returning to the Sea of Stars
Chapter 32: Returning to the Sea of Stars
But what answered Roland was…
Another fireball whistling out from the darkness!
“Bang!”
The fireball slammed fiercely against the Starlight barrier.
The radiance of the barrier instantly dimmed.
Roland was already severely injured, and with his continuous consumption of power to heal himself and maintain the barrier, he had reached the end of his strength.
Shan burst out from the forest.
In his hand, a flaming spear condensed.
Under Roland’s despairing gaze, it easily pierced through the dim barrier and penetrated his heart!
“Why…?”
The light in Roland’s eyes quickly faded.
Filled with confusion and unwillingness until the very end.
Shan did not pause in the slightest.
Flames swept across the entire camp.
Roland’s servants, steward, guards…
All witnesses were silenced.
The fire devoured every trace, and in the end, only a scorched black patch of land remained.
Finally, Shan changed into Roland’s clothes, mounted the carriage, and sped toward Roland’s territory.
…
“King, it is late at night. You should rest.”
A respectful voice sounded within the study.
The one who spoke was Yula.
Ze’s youngest grandson, now one of the three Grand Dukes of the Solar Dynasty.
And also the heir to the throne upon whom Ze placed great expectations.
His other brothers.
Had already successively returned to the Sea of Stars.
Even as Recipients of Divine Grace…
Their lifespans had not increased by much.
Generally, by the age of seventy or eighty, their lives came to an end.
Only Ze, this second-generation Solar King who had walked from the tribal era.
Had forcefully lived for over a hundred years.
If not for the fact that in recent years his appearance had begun to age.
Many would almost have believed that their king.
Would never grow old.
Ze slowly rose from the stone table covered with scrolls.
And looked out toward the brilliant starry sky he had gazed upon for over a hundred years.
Once again, he fell into a long memory.
After a long while, Ze spoke softly.
“Yula, tell me…”
“After I die, will I see the gods?”
He and Lei had walked different paths.
Yet seemed to harbor similar desires.
They longed for recognition from the gods.
Lei chose faith, establishing a nation through Divine Authority.
While he followed his father’s path, ruling the dynasty through Royal Authority.
He worked hard to maintain the foundation his father had left behind.
Yet the great gods had still not descended.
Was it because…
His hands were stained with the blood of his brothers.
That he had been abandoned by the gods?
Yula respectfully lowered his head.
“King, the gods are within the Sea of Stars.”
Upon hearing this, a relieved smile appeared on Ze’s face.
“Yes… the gods are in the Sea of Stars.”
“When I die and return to the Sea of Stars.”
“I will be able to meet my father, and En, Wa, Ya… and together, we shall face the great gods.”
He turned his head and looked at Yula.
“Yula, you are very intelligent and sufficiently steady.”
“You will become a very good king.”
Yula hurriedly knelt down.
“King…”
Ze waved his hand, interrupting him, his tone calm.
“After I return to the Sea of Stars, bury me…”
“Beside Wa.”
A look of sorrow appeared on Yula’s face.
“King! You will not die! You…”
“All people will die.”
Ze’s tone was peaceful.
Even carrying a trace of anticipation.
“I have already lived long enough…”
“My father and the others must be waiting anxiously.”
Ze did not fear death.
To him at this moment.
Death was not an end, but a release.
It was the journey home to reunite with his loved ones.
Having said that.
A light suddenly blossomed in Ze’s eyes.
His gaze seemed to pierce through the dome of the palace, seeing the scene he had long yearned for.
In a daze…
He saw his father standing within that Sea of Stars.
A gentle smile on his face as he watched him.
Behind his father.
En, Wa, and Ya were all there as well.
They reached out their hands toward him.
“Ze!”
“Ze!”
They called out to him.
Ze unconsciously reached out his hand.
A clean, unshadowed smile like that of his youth appeared on his face as he softly responded.
“Father! I’m coming!”
As his words fell.
The final light in Ze’s eyes quietly dissipated…
His outstretched hand fell weakly.
Yula looked at his grandfather’s peaceful remains.
Overwhelming grief instantly drowned him.
He wept on the ground for a moment, then forcibly suppressed his sorrow.
Facing the guards outside the palace, he shouted loudly.
“The King—has returned to the Sea of Stars!”
Year 63 of the Solar Dynasty.
The second Solar King, Ze, peacefully passed away within the royal palace and returned to the Sea of Stars.
The next day, before the Temple of the Stars.
Ze’s young grandson Yula, under the witness of numerous nobles and ministers, was crowned king.
Becoming the third ruler of the Solar Dynasty!
Ze’s passing.
Was like Apollo’s passing back then.
Plunging the entire dynasty into grief.
This king who had ruled the dynasty for decades.
Regardless of his methods, he had successfully made the Solar Dynasty grow increasingly powerful.
He was like a stabilizing pillar in the hearts of countless people.
When the news of Ze’s return to the Sea of Stars, after many twists and turns, reached Roland’s territory.
Shan, who had already become the lord.
Was instantly stunned on the spot.
He collapsed weakly onto his seat.
His face was filled with absurdity and unwillingness!
“No! How could he just die?!”
“I haven’t avenged the Chief, my mother, and Mo yet!”
“How could he…”
“Just die like this?!”
After the anger, came an even deeper sense of powerlessness.
Shan did not know how he was supposed to take revenge on someone who was already dead.
At this moment, his hatred lost its target, becoming hollow and almost laughable.
…
The news of Ze’s return to the Sea of Stars.
Soon reached the Theocratic State of the Stars.
When Lei learned of this news…
He also fell silent for a long time.
He had not expected that even Ze had already returned to the Sea of Stars.
Suddenly, Lei felt a wave of panic!
It was a kind of loneliness, as if he were the only person left in this world.
“They’re all gone…”
“Father, En, Wa, Ya… and now even Ze…”
“Am I the only one left now?”
Even though his ideals had conflicted with Ze’s.
And they had once stood at the brink of drawing swords against each other.
Ze’s existence had been like an anchor.
Letting him know that he was not alone in this world.
Now, that anchor had also disappeared.
In the end, Lei made a decision.
He would go to the Solar Dynasty.
To see Ze off one last time.
As if only by doing so could he ease the loneliness in his heart.
And when he, alone, entered the borders of the Solar Dynasty.
A group had already been waiting there for a long time.
At their head was a young, valiant man with golden hair and golden eyes—he was Yula’s eldest son, Ilo.
When Ilo saw that lone figure approaching.
He immediately led everyone behind him forward, and they all knelt in unison, respectfully, their voices perfectly synchronized.
“Greetings, Great-Uncle Lei!”
Looking at these juniors before him, who shared the same golden hair and golden eyes as himself.
Lei, for the first time, felt…
A warmth surging within his heart.
He began to somewhat understand Ze’s stubbornness back then.
To understand why Ze would rather break with his own brother than share the Divine Grace Technique with him.